Audi Coupé GT

Infobox Automobile


name = Audi Coupé GT
manufacturer = Audi AG
parent_company = Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG)
aka = "Typ85"
production = 1980 - 1987
class = Sports car, Coupé
assembly = Ingolstadt, Germany
predecessor =
successor =
class =
body_style = 2-door coupé
layout = Front engine,
front-wheel drive / quattro permanent four-wheel drive
platform = Volkswagen B2 platform
engine = 1.8L (1781cc) 8v I4 (DZ),
1.9L (1921cc) 10v I5 (WN),
2.0L (1994cc) 10v I5 (JS),
2.1L (2144cc) 10v,
2.2L (2226cc) 10v I5 (KV)
transmission =
wheelbase =
length =
width =
height =
weight =
fuel_capacity =
related = Audi Quattro,
Audi 80/Audi 4000,
Audi Coupé,
Audi Coupé quattro
designer = Giorgetto Giugiaro

The Audi Coupé GT is a 2-door coupé sports car produced and sold by Audi from 1980 to 1987. The car was an attempt by Audi to offer a more affordable version of its turbocharged, quattro permanent four-wheel drive Audi Quattro.

The Coupé GT featured a similar body shape to the Quattro, but without the knife-edged fender flares of the more expensive car. Mechanically, the biggest changes from the Quattro to the GT were the use of a naturally aspirated 1.9 litre carburetter engine, 2.0 litre, 2.2, or 2.3 litre injected inline 5 cylinder engine and a front-wheel drive drivetrain. Although some later Coupé GTs were also fitted with a 1.8 litre injected inline 4 cylinder engine.

From late 1984, Audi made available the option of the quattro permanent four-wheel drive system to produce the Audi Coupé quattro, a model which was rarer than the turbocharged Quattro model. This was only produced with the 2.2 litre engine.

The audi offers great comfort and an affordable car.

From September 1980 to September 1987, 174,687 Coupé GTs were built. [Werner Oswald: "Deutsche Autos 1945-1990", vol. 4, ISBN 3-613-02131-5, p. 263.]

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External links

More information on the KV engined Audi Coupé quattro can be found at http://www.kvquattro.com